I'm been trying to download the client all day. Every time it gets to 99% to download rate slows right down to 0.00KB/SEC and stops.

This is extremely annoying. Has anyone experienced similar issues or know what I can do?

Thanks in advance.

(EDIT)SOLUTION:

Ok so there's been a lot of people saying that the same thing happened to them, but when the restarted it picked up where it left off. This didn't happen for me and the download would stop at various percentages.

One thing that seems to have stopped all downloaded issues has been to uninstall free anti-virus software (AVG/Avast). Since I've done that I've had no issues

I think I know my problem, but I cannot fix it.- are any of the files set to 'read only'?- is the folder in which the files are saved set to 'read only'? (my problem)if yes, undo. My f**king computer will not let me undo them, but here is the solution: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

If this is your problem and you manage to undo the folder, please tell me what you put into the code, as I keep getting the message 'bla,bla,bla is incorrect'!

So... the gw client isn't really working well with my com ._.
I've tried numerous times to fix this problem, (4 redownloads, using different directories ), using administrator, offing firewall, using compatibility mode. Nothing seems to work.

It might also be helpful to note that the files in my computer are always read only ._. i can't seem to change this as everytime i do so, it silently reverts back to read only, despite using take ownership scripts, turning UAC down to the bottom, etc.

Also, the game seemed to have run fine just one time, out of sheer luck, and countless tries to launch the game. I thought i'd fixed the problem, but... on another relaunch the same 0% bug happened again ._. i've not been able to run the game since.

I'm been trying to download the client all day. Every time it gets to 99% to download rate slows right down to 0.00KB/SEC and stops.

This is extremely annoying. Has anyone experienced similar issues or know what I can do?

Thanks in advance.

This happened to me too, it also showed 4 file remaining to download. I waited it out for a while then decided to close and open and see what would happen. It instantly downloaded the 4 files and opened the client

This happened to me too, it also showed 4 file remaining to download. I waited it out for a while then decided to close and open and see what would happen. It instantly downloaded the 4 files and opened the client

By close and open do you mean literally click the X and then double click on gw2.exe again?

By close and open do you mean literally click the X and then double click on gw2.exe again?

Ya literally hit the X to close. opened the folder I kept the files. Opened gw2.exe. The downloader scans the files to see how much I have downloaded. Then the downloader closes and the game opened up. (I swear I unchecked the auto-play button haha)

For those guys freezing I suggest keeping your task manager open and seeing if the GW2 exe stops responding. I had this trouble all day, it was hit or miss on whether it would connect or stop responding.

I tried several things. I updated my dirvers, that worked for awhile (I connected everytime I opened the client). Then I shut off my computer for a few hours, then had video issues which I am sure were unrelated to GW. But got it to where I could get on and get video.

I opened GW2.exe and got a small download. But each time (probably 30) I would get the same not responding issue I had gotten earlier.

I had AVG and heard the issues it was causing. I simply uninstalled AVG, and now I can connect without any issues whatsoever.

not saying that is everyone's issue but I would suggest that it would account for most of them.

I would say uninstalling AVG and seeing how that works would be a good first step, if it fixes the issue then get a different virus protection. Or just use the AVG browser/link scanner.

well i've tried all the stated solutions and none of them seem to work for me
the real issue for me now is gw2 stops responding after quitting the client at 99% and relaunching it. it stops responding at 0% so........... anyone got any ideas? >_< ( I don't actually have a firewall ._. )

Still having issues, ... What didn't came into mind was my Avast. Now I just toggled off everything ... but the problem remains. Do I really need to uninstall it? I mean, isn't that the same as turning every single shield of? + Trying all those solutions made the client like really unresponsive. Guess downloading for the third time then.

I have avg and i have to disable firewall just to gowload the client and when i hit the the exe file everytime i want tto try to log to test, i have to lower firewall just so it will updates itself, im assuming i mighrt have to change the settings on my avg firewall, to be able to play the game normally with out intruption

Still having issues, ... What didn't came into mind was my Avast. Now I just toggled off everything ... but the problem remains. Do I really need to uninstall it? I mean, isn't that the same as turning every single shield of? + Trying all those solutions made the client like really unresponsive. Guess downloading for the third time then.

Sorry mate, I can only tell you what happened to me.

I tried downloading 7 times with the following results (in which the client ran down to 0.00KB/SEC and stopped):

1) 99%2) 17%3) 27%4) 0%5) 1%6) 29%7) complete

The only thing I did differently the last time was to uninstall Avast.

Do you have the exe. and dat. files saved in a seperate folder on the desktop??

Do you have the exe. and dat. files saved in a separate folder on the desktop??

Put them both in the same folder. Both of those and that gw2.temp file it may have created. And to avoid any issues with write-permissions on desktop folders, try creating a directory under c:\, e.g. c:\games\guild wars 2 beta\

If d/l speed drops to 0.00, try clicking 'X' to close client, then re-start again to see if it resumes.

I have disabled, then uninstalled AVG (would Windows Defender pose any issue as well?).I have moved the GW2 folder out of the Program Files folder.I have added '-image'I am running it in Admin.

Nadda, it will DL about 1 - 3k files (about 125 - 300 MB) at a decent rate around 1MB + / - for a minute or two. Dwindle to zero and sit idle, mocking me. At this rate I will only have to close and reopen the launcher roughly 60 - 100 times to maybe get this done and then pray it works.

Am I missing something?!?! You know, I understand there is always some kind of launch related chaos with every MMO but not a single one can launch with out some kind of serious impediment to actually functioning acceptibly if at all?

I don't suppose there is any sort of mirror for this is there?

If there is anything I can try in addition I would very much appreciate any advice. Every MMO that comes out now I swear to myself I'm gonna give it a couple weeks for them to un-f&*@$ it before I even attempt to play but I've yet failed to maintain that self discipline so far. Every one that comes out I can count on at least 24 hours of frustration, typically more.

Meh. After literally dozens of cycles of closing and relaunching and managing to snatch a few more files I've whittled it down to just under 100k files left... yay ...

At this point my physical copy will LITERALLY arrive before I DL this marvel of file transferance. I mean literally, it will be here in a matter of hours at this point. Honestly it seems to me the simple act of DLing the program should be the easiest step in the process. The technology was there from pretty much the beginning of the internet age and you'd think it'd be about perfected by now. Get enough servers hosting and well, that's about it for mastering that first hurdle, dingy virus riddled porn sites manage this much. Issues clearly remain though.

Dumpster fire, train wreck, or full on fuster cluck. I'm about 99% sure it is literally impossible for a company to release a functioning game. I think they take the method of "just turn the damn water on and look for leaks, we'll run around trying to patch it up from there". The concept of beta testing is lost on me now. Numerous practice shots and every company seems to completely miss the target when the shot finally does count. To be fair though, from most reports I'm hearing from friends and guildies, despite packed to capacity U.S servers and general chaos for the WvW PvP features the game appears to be less hosed up than most for a launch.

Gonna be hard to beat D3's magnificent stellar apocalypse of a reveal, however I could at least download the client for it without a dozen + hours of constant attention... just couldn't play the damn thing for about 3 days lol.